Ever-adventurous London promoters Sagome continue their evolution into an equally vital label with this third record from Italian duo, Rain Text. If the name is new to you, there's still a chance you will have heard of the personnel involved via other means - Giuseppe Ielasi is a mastering engineer of no little renown and also forms one half of Bellows, while Giovanni Civitenga operates the long-running Skyapnea show on NTS. Dialing in on any of those extra-curricular activities will prime you well for what's offered up on III, a suite of sequentially titled, micro-detailed electronic experiments that skirt around the outer edges of abstract techno, glitch-y sound design and broken-down, quixotic electronica. Fitting this should arrive the same week as we announce our very own UEVPD release, since both artists display a similar interest in Mika Vainio-styled sonic manipulation, though Rain Text is a little more densely packed and idiosyncratic than the work Dominic Goodman is currently offering up. Elsewhere you might hear the ghost-in-the-machine rumblings of Actress at his most fractured or late period Jan Jelinek wow and flutter, what is essentially that very NOW interest in decaying technological failure. The results are highly engaging and edifying, one of those records that values texture and sound source so as to keep encouraging you back for further rewarding listening.
